Music
The Skinny magazine music guide. We bring you the latest music highlights, gig reviews and previews, music videos, album reviews and features. Find exclusive interviews with local bands and international stars, bespoke playlists and video premieres.
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InterviewsOn the Money: Maynard James Keenan interviewed
As Puscifer set sail for their European debut, founder Maynard James Keenan meditates on the influence of surrealist British comedy and the lingering threat of a Trumpian dystopia Read more »| 16 May 2016 -
NewsThe Grand Gestures Remixed: Album Premiere
Listen to an exclusive stream of The Grand Gestures' remix album, ahead of their final live show in Glasgow later this month. Remixed features re... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
ReviewsChristine Ott – Only Silence Remains
A studied enactment of both vision and virtuosity, Only Silence Remains is Christine Ott's latest solo work, following on from her 2009 debut Solitude N... Read more »| 13 May 2016 -
News
SAY Award 2016 longlist revealed
The twenty-strong longlist for this year's Scottish Album of the Year Award (SAY Award) has been unveiled. An industry wide panel of nominators, from the ma... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
Reviews
Fews – Means
Swedish/American four-piece Fews finally let loose over ten full tracks, after teasing music bloggers last year with tracks The Zoo and Ill. On debut record ... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
Reviews
Marissa Nadler – Strangers
Seven albums in, Boston native Marissa Nadler reunites with producer Randall Dunn, who recorded 2014's July, and continues in much the same vein. That clean ... Read more »| 12 May 2016
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Reviews
Misha – All We Will Become
Misha’s All We Will Become is apparently inspired by themes of “reincarnation and renewal”, and you can see why the idea of a fresh start m... Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
Interviews
Blood and Guts: Deftones' Chino Moreno on Gore
Deftones' Chino Moreno meditates on creative tension, artistic accessibility and why eschewing populism has served the Sacramento survivors well Read more »| 12 May 2016 -
Reviews
Mutual Benefit – Skip A Sinking Stone
Slipping effortlessly between wispy, lo-fi gospel and warm trails of orchestration, the second album from Mutual Benefit (aka Jordan Lee) doesn’t want ... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Reviews
Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool
Back in the day, before Spotify and YouTube, bands inspired tribes. Radiohead were part of your identity, where you placed yourself. It's still difficult to ... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Reviews
Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle
Australian multi-instrumentalist Jake Webb explores a fascination with texture, arrangement and mood on his debut album. 4AD's patronage makes perfect s... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Reviews
Kate Jackson – British Road Movies
The equal – at least – of the two dazzling artworks she delivered with The Long Blondes, Jackson's solo debut comes eight years after guitarist D... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Live Music
Tacocat @ Electric Circus, Edinburgh, 3 May
“If you close your eyes, it’ll sound like there’s three of us.” Niall Strachan looks a little lonely on the Electric Circus stage ton... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Reviews
Sophia – As We Make Our Way (Unknown Harbours)
Robin Proper-Sheppard has always had a way with love. Of viewing it at odd angles, teasing out the strands of heartbreak almost before hearts have been broke... Read more »| 11 May 2016 -
Reviews
Summer Cannibals – Full of It
The Portland band arrive on this, their third album. A ferocious – and ferociously cerebral – collection, these 11 songs rattle your sternum whil... Read more »| 11 May 2016